Manage Mold

06: 1919 Vs. 2019 - Why Is Mold Such A Problem Today?

Episode Summary

In this episode, we will go back to 1871 into a very important moment in the history of our country to unveil one of the most ignored urban catastrophes in the United States. How these events can help us understand the importance of improving our regulations to built healthier homes? Stay with me and learn this valuable lesson. Join the Facebook Group --> http://bit.ly/managemold

Episode Notes

In today's episode, I’ll take you through one of our most infamous passages of history to discover two transcendental incidents that have impacted our society in terms of safety measures and city planning, the Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire, what went wrong and how are we failing in preventing a new event?

How is our society advancing regarding building plans? Are they advancing at all? Get to know the modern and yet equally harmful materials and methods that are making the air we breathe indoors even more toxic than you think.

Key Takeaways:

• The Peshtigo Fire, a painful case of poor city planning hidden in history (5:17)
• The threat of living in a remodelled/refurbished house and the problem with the modern build planning (6:44)
• New materials, new risks, the rise of health issues due to modern construction methods (12:03)
• Why are you constantly getting sick when you into your house? (15:02)
• Understanding the real notion of your exposure to mold in daily life (16:45)
• The prognostics of the real mold impacts in our future (20:09)
• InstaScope versus traditional sampling (29:45)

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